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Article: RULING MAKES IT EASIER TO ENFORCE NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS LEGAL ADVICE.(CAPITAL REGION BUSINESS JOURNAL)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Byline: Sharon Mollman Elliott
Non-compete agreements in Wisconsin have a history of not being viewed favorably by the courts in Wisconsin. Enforceable agreements are difficult to draft, leaving litigants to search agreements with a fine-toothed comb to find any hint of over-breadth on the part of the employer, then arguing that the unreasonableness of one restriction renders all restrictions unenforceable.
This "void one, void them all" approach was fostered by a 2001 decision in which the court of appeals held that provisions in non-compete agreements are "intertwined and indivisible" if they govern similar activity which almost all restrictive ...